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Daniel Galletti

@dangallettiaudio.bsky.social

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Sound Designer ｜Music Composer｜Audio Explorer www.dangallettiaudio.com I create crunchy audio for video games! I experiment with synthesizers and organic layers to bring worlds that never were into your ears. I get lost in horror and sci-fi.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Oct 30

I do audio work for games but I previously worked in LQA for a couple of years! It was a great experience which taught me a lot about development cycles.

Unfortunately, most of my work was uncredited so I can't openly talk about it, but here's a couple of games that I worked on!

#gamedev #indiedev

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · 29d

DAY 31 - MELTED TIME

This one was also made by only using vocal recordings and processing them to give them character and turn them into fire sounds. A fun reminder that if the style allows it, you can almost use any source recording for any sound.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 7

DAY 30 - VROOM!

Only used vocal recordings as sources expect for the pad that plays from the beginning and a kick drum. Resonators and distortion created the metal chord! Made the transient a bit punchier by adding the kick drum!

#AAC25 #sfx #sounddesign

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 5

DAY 29 - NUMBER MACHINE: MATH FACTORY

I had no access to my libraries for this one so I was forced to improvise by very quickly recording different textures with my voice for the tiles moving, and creating a soft ambience with Phase Plant to fill out the space.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

My sleep deprived brain worked for a second and I realized I could just screen capture the two pics side by side instead of converting them individually.

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

While my gf plays AC: New Horizons on the other side, and I work on my website...

I'm unable to upload pics at the moment as they're .heic files

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 4

Of course the dude sitting next to me on the flight to Tokyo is playing Hollow Knight today of all days 🙃

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 2

DAY 28 - SNAKE GAME

100+ markers later…

I wanted to add a pad to fill out some empty space and that’s when I realized I was basically designing sound for a Resident Evil game.

Watch out for those Regenerators once you finish the puzzle! 😁

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 2

DAY 27 - TINY DELIVERY

Time for more Phase Plant today, this time in the form of the cutest delivery drone! I used one instance for the engine/wheel motion sounds and another with Random pitches to create the little vocal blurbs.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 1

DAY 26 - JERRY KUREK

Pops, keyboard keys, a pad and Valhalla Shimmer to fill out the space. I sometimes find it tricky to get the right balance with these types of sounds, trying to make them pop while also taming the transients. Could probably pan some of the hits a bit for a wider image.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 1

DAY 25 - THE CALL IT GRAVITY

Designing any moving vehicle with acceleration is always a fun challenge. Forcing myself to get more familiar with Phase Plant, I used its sampler for two different layers on this drone. Also added some one-shots and automation to highlight the boost.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Sep 1

His videos are very informative. I’d also recommend Brian Michael Fuller’s YouTube channel for more MetaSounds goodness.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 31

DAY 24 - MARTIAN LOTUS

Anyone has Trypophobia by any chance? 👀

#AAC25 #sounddesign #sfx #gameaudio

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 31

DAY 23 - CTRL ALT DEAL

It was pretty fun playing around with different textures on this one. There's a mixture of low rumbly sounds for the floor surface, impacts for the modules being dropped and Sci-Fi tones for the UI and dialogue elements.

#AAC25 #sounddesign #sfx #gameaudio

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 30

DAY 22 - FAFA MOTION

Love means a synth arpeggio increasing in speed over a growing bass right? It's pretty handy to use the arpeggiator feature on my KeyStep37 when doing stuff like this. Select a few notes and then play with the rate knob to adjust the speed and see what comes up!

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 30

DAY 21 - JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHTMARE REALM II

Tricky one to simulate proper gameplay audio as the number of voices would be capped in engine. If I spent more time on this I’d add sounds for the FX of the projectiles starting to dissipate and maybe one for when they finally disappear.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 29

DAY 20 - HELLPRESS

The bulk of the sound was created by compiling a few plastic recordings and separating them into three layers, each processed separately by a bunch of FX in Snap Heap. I was literally throwing stuff at the Snap to see what Heaped. Is that how the saying goes? 🤔

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 29

DAY 19 - ROGUEBOUND PIRATES

AHOOOOY!

It would be so fun to collaborate with voice talent in a game like this one!

This reminds me I need to watch the last episode of Shogun.

ARRRRRRRRRRGHHH!

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 28

Same 💀

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 28

DAY 18 - HWANG

This animation was made by a 3D motion designer KyuYeon Hwang. There’s something about this prestige style that almost requires every sound to be so clean and crisp. Quite tricky to do in such a short time frame. Still need to practice a lot to improve in this style!

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 28

DAY 17 - LEITNNOCHT

Today's clip is from @leitnnocht.bsky.social a game currently in development which looks awesome!

I used a couple of room tones for the ambience. One had lots of metallic/wood hits which I pitch shifted down and ran through Valhalla Shimmer for that creepy goodness!

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

DAY 16 - Miss!

This is what sound design feels like on some days. I was quite lucky on this one though! I've had a tiny basketball for ages and when I saw this clip it was the perfect opportunity to record it. I bounced it against a metallic tray/cup which holds my guitar picks.

#AAC25

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 27

DAY 15 - A Lightning Storm

I grabbed lots of electricity recordings and started layering them around. After testing out a few combinations I liked, I ended up separating the sounds into different groups to be used for each phase of the attack: Telegraph, Impact, Stun and Cool Down.

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Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 26

DAY 14 - HUEDINI

Time to fight a drum-playing intergalactic crab. The game looks pretty cool! On this clip I mostly focused on the impacts, trying to make them punchy and interesting. Halfway through the session I got hungry so I got some granola which I then recorded for the crab/ambience.

#AAC25

Daniel Galletti @dangallettiaudio.bsky.social · Aug 26

DAY 13 - Retro Sony Ericsson

We finally got the go ahead to share this one so I'm back! This is the last week of the challenge so I have a backlog of clips I haven't shared. Will be posting two a day until it's over.

Enjoy nostalgic tones and handling noises from the flip phone era!

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